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Ossification of posterior longitudinal ligament

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Common symptoms

脊髓压迫、颈部可前屈，怕仰伸、括约肌功能障碍、覃初丹、颤抖、腹胀、脊髓病变、便秘、颈部疼痛、腱反射亢进、感觉障碍

The pathology of disease

Ossification of posterior longitudinal ligament (OPLL) is ectopic bone in posterior longitudinal ligament; cervical; myelopathy; more common in Asian populations.

Symptoms

Neck pain; hand clumsiness; gait instability; numbness; myelopathy

Causes

Idiopathic ossification; genetic; metabolic.

Treatment

Observation if mild; anterior/posterior decompression for myelopathy

Dept

Orthopedic / neurosurgery.

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